Today, I realized that when my dad said he would pay for my college, he really meant that he was going to forge my signature on a student loan in my name and not make payments on it. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I discovered that when my parents offered to help me pay for college, what they really meant is they would get the forms for me to apply for student loans. FML
Today, I borrowed my dad's laptop to type an essay. While I was saving it, I noticed some curious looking files and I opened them. They were rejection letters from all the colleges I had applied to. My dad had been forging them so he wouldn't have to pay for my tuition bills. FML
Today, I found out that my dad has been trying to take money out of my savings account to pay for divorce fees and a hammock. FML
Today, my sister finally broke down and told me that our dad gambled away of all my college savings, and I would have to pay for school the best way I can. They have known for months, and when I asked why nobody told me, the reply was, "You're a college boy, we thought you would figure it out." FML
Today, my dad asked to borrow some money off me, so I said okay. Later on, he told me he'll be using it to help divorce my mom. I pretty much just helped pay for my parents' divorce. FML
Today, I learned that my daughter pocketed the money I'd paid so she could go to college. FML
Today, I found out that my dad, thinking it was an advertisement, threw away a letter from the college I applied to. FML
Today, I learned that my dad invested my entire college fund into some shady internet stock, despite my dire warnings about being careful. He told me not to worry as he'd done some research, and he guaranteed everything would be fine. Two hours later that same stock dropped almost 75%. FML
Today, my dad refused to sign a student finance form to allow me to study my dream subject at university because he doesn't want the government knowing his business. FML
Today, I left for college. I spent hundreds of dollars on clothes, bedding and other things. After packing my entire closet and everything else I needed, I left only to have to head back home. My dad forgot to pay the first semesters tuition. He said "Oh well, you would have failed out anyway." FML
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RabbitOfAurora 28
I don't know how close you are to your dad, but that's a serious crime and you should be making a police report.
LanaViolin 10
Your dad sucks. Sorry OP.
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Comments (128)
ziya19 6
Thats a really bad thing to do, and you should take serious action before things reach too far.
bomzo 22
Doesnt he need to provide I.D proof too?
Oley 27
I see a law suit in your near future! Good luck! Sorry that happen to you!
softviking 12
Why on earth would he pay anyways? Your parents are not always going to be there, you need to learn to stand on your own legs...
ChibiChibi_fml 28
If he offered to pay for the OP to go to college then that is his choice as a parent. If the father signed the OP up for loans that he didn't tell the OP about then the father should be paying for those loans. It's in no way fair for the father to say he's paying for the OP's schooling while really trashing the OP's credit. You are commenting as though the OP signed up for the loan himself and thought his father should pay.
dmklake 14
Sorry OP. I should go thank my parents now because they paid for everything.
thejimler 9
To the idiots saying that parents aren't obligated to pay for college/university, whilst technically that is true, to deceive their child into thinking they'd have financial support so that they can focus on other things then bail out at the last minute is sickeningly low. If you don't plan to support them then tell them early on in life so they can work out how they're going to support their own personal goal either by working part time, applying for scholarships, or getting a student loan that they are responsible for.
simsgirlgem 25
to those saying parents shouldn't have to pay true but they shouldn't lie either my parents worked hard to keep me and my brother and sister clothed and fed but they couldn't make enough to pay for College we all knew that so my brother and sister got Military Scholarships to pay for school because they knew our parents would have payed for us if they had the cash
erinlee0103 13
Are you people REALLY saying that OP deserves this because his parents shouldn't have to pay for his college education? I don't think he ever said that. The FML is that he was lied to. My parents paid for about half my college education because they wanted to, not because I asked them to or because they felt obligated, and they made it very clear when they could no longer support me. I was thankful for what they could do and accept that they can't do any more, but I would be furious if they had lied to me.
alfred07 18
I never thought I'd recommend this to a person about their Dad but you need to go to the police.
diaspora_fml 26
Yes, indeed.